Model Validation
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Model Validation skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Model Validation over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 466 743 897
Rank change year-on-year +277 +154 -48
Permanent jobs citing Model Validation 502 237 354
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.50% 0.24% 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.59% 0.25% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 39 60 133
10th Percentile £47,500 £35,733 £43,000
25th Percentile £53,750 £44,375 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,576 £55,043 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +28.22% -31.20% +10.34%
75th Percentile £93,750 £91,822 £88,750
90th Percentile £116,500 £103,911 £126,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,139 £69,500
% change year-on-year +9.70% -27.86% -11.85%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Model Validation is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 85,135 94,784 153,905
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.22% 95.58% 95.76%
Number of salaries quoted 59,872 55,911 82,488
10th Percentile £29,089 £34,000 £33,635
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Model Validation
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Model Validation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Model Validation in the UK

Model Validation
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Model Validation.

Salary trend for Model Validation in the UK

Model Validation
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Model Validation over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Model Validation in the UK

Model Validation
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Model Validation within the UK over the 6 months to 18 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
UK excluding London +190 406 £55,000 +9.70% 35
England +246 325 £70,576 +12.92% 63
North of England +123 109 £62,788 +19.39% 10
Scotland -12 76 £70,576 +41.15%
North West +59 73 £43,750 -20.52% 7
South West +24 69 £55,000 -28.33% 5
London +123 66 £100,000 +17.65% 28
South East +32 45 £50,000 +29.87% 11
Northern Ireland +48 37 - -
Yorkshire +102 36 £70,576 +40.76% 3
Wales +32 35 - -
East Midlands +15 33 - -
Midlands +7 33 - - 6
Work from Home +64 21 £55,000 +12.82% 27
East of England -1 2 £52,500 +26.51% 3

Model Validation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (0.60%) SAS
Applications
1 8 (1.59%) Simulink
2 6 (1.20%) Stateflow
3 4 (0.80%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.20%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 21 (4.18%) AWS
2 10 (1.99%) GitHub
3 3 (0.60%) AWS CodeCommit
4 2 (0.40%) Amazon SageMaker
4 2 (0.40%) Azure
4 2 (0.40%) GCP
4 2 (0.40%) Power Platform
4 2 (0.40%) Serverless
4 2 (0.40%) Snowflake
5 1 (0.20%) Google Sheets
5 1 (0.20%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 404 (80.48%) VSAT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (1.59%) Data Mining
2 4 (0.80%) Tableau
3 2 (0.40%) Amazon Redshift
3 2 (0.40%) Big Data
3 2 (0.40%) NoSQL
3 2 (0.40%) Power BI
4 1 (0.20%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.20%) Looker
Development Applications
1 3 (0.60%) Git
2 2 (0.40%) GitLab
2 2 (0.40%) Jenkins
General
1 46 (9.16%) Social Skills
2 31 (6.18%) Presentation Skills
3 22 (4.38%) Finance
4 17 (3.39%) Influencing Skills
5 16 (3.19%) Aerospace
6 11 (2.19%) Analytical Skills
7 8 (1.59%) Banking
8 7 (1.39%) Military
9 4 (0.80%) Games
10 2 (0.40%) Advertising
10 2 (0.40%) Automotive
10 2 (0.40%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.40%) Wearables
11 1 (0.20%) Electronics
11 1 (0.20%) Front Office
11 1 (0.20%) Legal
11 1 (0.20%) Marketing
11 1 (0.20%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 428 (85.26%) Architect
2 404 (80.48%) Software Architect
3 32 (6.37%) Senior
4 25 (4.98%) Developer
5 17 (3.39%) Data Scientist
5 17 (3.39%) Solutions Architect
6 15 (2.99%) Senior Developer
7 12 (2.39%) Oracle Developer
7 12 (2.39%) Senior Oracle Developer
8 9 (1.79%) Quantitative Developer
9 8 (1.59%) Senior Data Scientist
10 7 (1.39%) Analyst
10 7 (1.39%) Data Architect
11 6 (1.20%) Consultant
11 6 (1.20%) Lead
12 5 (1.00%) Senior Consultant
13 4 (0.80%) Machine Learning Developer
14 3 (0.60%) Python Developer
14 3 (0.60%) Senior Quantitative Developer
14 3 (0.60%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (2.99%) Pandas
2 8 (1.59%) NumPy
3 7 (1.39%) Kedro
3 7 (1.39%) XGBoost
4 6 (1.20%) PyTorch
4 6 (1.20%) TensorFlow
5 2 (0.40%) Lambda Expressions
5 2 (0.40%) Middleware
5 2 (0.40%) OpenCV
5 2 (0.40%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 15 (2.99%) Algorithms
2 8 (1.59%) Data Structures
3 7 (1.39%) Hedge funds
3 7 (1.39%) Taxonomies
4 5 (1.00%) Robotics
5 4 (0.80%) Management Information System
6 3 (0.60%) Credit Risk
7 2 (0.40%) Fixed Income
7 2 (0.40%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 1 (0.20%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.20%) Augmented Reality
8 1 (0.20%) Educational Technology
8 1 (0.20%) Linked Data
8 1 (0.20%) Market Risk
8 1 (0.20%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.20%) Virtual Reality
Processes & Methodologies
1 469 (93.43%) Validation
2 421 (83.86%) Requirements Management
3 417 (83.07%) TOGAF
4 404 (80.48%) Network Architecture
4 404 (80.48%) Network Management
5 400 (79.68%) Actionable Insight
6 398 (79.28%) Technical Architecture
7 40 (7.97%) Artificial Intelligence
8 31 (6.18%) Data Science
8 31 (6.18%) Machine Learning
9 30 (5.98%) DevOps
10 27 (5.38%) Agile
11 20 (3.98%) Technical Leadership
12 19 (3.78%) ArchiMate
12 19 (3.78%) Coaching
12 19 (3.78%) Collaborative Working
12 19 (3.78%) Unit Testing
13 17 (3.39%) Business Development
13 17 (3.39%) Mathematics
14 16 (3.19%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 46 (9.16%) Python
2 13 (2.59%) SQL
3 11 (2.19%) MATLAB
4 8 (1.59%) R
5 4 (0.80%) C++
6 3 (0.60%) Scala
7 2 (0.40%) C#
7 2 (0.40%) Java
8 1 (0.20%) C
8 1 (0.20%) VB
8 1 (0.20%) VBA
Qualifications
1 43 (8.57%) Security Cleared
2 31 (6.18%) SC Cleared
3 28 (5.58%) Degree
4 17 (3.39%) TOGAF Certification
5 12 (2.39%) PhD
6 5 (1.00%) Master's Degree
7 4 (0.80%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.20%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.20%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (0.60%) QA
2 1 (0.20%) IFRS
2 1 (0.20%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 1 (0.20%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.20%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 12 (2.39%) Oracle
2 6 (1.20%) OpenAI
3 4 (0.80%) Alteryx
3 4 (0.80%) Databricks
4 2 (0.40%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.20%) Anaplan
5 1 (0.20%) Google
5 1 (0.20%) Microsoft